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$315,000 a year
Cowell, a Democrat and former state senator from Raleigh, offered no opinion on whether the law should be changed. She suggested that The N&O could find a retiree’s former employer by using state employee databases the paper has obtained over the years.
But that didn’t help find the person the treasurer’s office reported as the top pensioner, making nearly $315,000 a year. That person, the Treasurer’s Office said, was Edward Davidan, 70, who began working for the state in 1974.
There is no Edward Davidan who is a state or local retiree. There is a Dr. Edward Davidian, a former UNC Hospitals anesthesiologist who retired 15 years ago. He said his pension is far less than $315,000.
“I haven’t ever made that much money from the university at all,” he said.
The N&O asked the Treasurer’s Office to double-check its information.
The office then acknowledged the data errors, reporting that an Edward Davidian is receiving a pension worth about a quarter of what they reported.
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